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and if you apply the principles and do things that have been started in michigan and done around the country now, you can knock that number down by about 90%. but still it's endemic. everybody knows somebody who is gone to the hospital for a proper and come out -- for a procedure scom out with a hospital-acquired infection, often a life-threatening one. just treating those infections costs about $2.5 billion a year. $2.5 billion a year. they're completely avoidable. that's just one element of the health care system. if we got after the quality gaps in the health care system, the savings would be far, far greater. so there's a lot to be gained in quality. that's one of the five. the second is prevention. we do not analyze and evaluate and implement prevention strategies very well as a country. we don't even evaluate effectively what prevention methods save enough money in the long run that we should just pay for them for everybody because it saves money to have people do this. we don't differentiate between what's probably a good idea for an individual to pay for and what is such a go
and if you apply the principles and do things that have been started in michigan and done around the country now, you can knock that number down by about 90%. but still it's endemic. everybody knows somebody who is gone to the hospital for a proper and come out -- for a procedure scom out with a hospital-acquired infection, often a life-threatening one. just treating those infections costs about $2.5 billion a year. $2.5 billion a year. they're completely avoidable. that's just one element of...
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the presiding officer's state is one of those that did not have one, as the state of michigan. h.r. 2587 is due for a second reading and it is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 2587, an act to prohibit the national labor relations board from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment under any circumstance. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings in regard to this matter at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard and the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, today we pay tribute to the american men and women who have traveled abroad to defend this great nation but never returned home to our shores. we also honor those who have suffered as prisoners of war. we're grateful to them every day, but today, which is national pow-mia recognition day, we dedicate our remembrance to their sacrifice. mr. president, i had the good fortune to be appointed in 1992 by majority leader mitchell to be a member of the select committee on pow-mia. t
the presiding officer's state is one of those that did not have one, as the state of michigan. h.r. 2587 is due for a second reading and it is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 2587, an act to prohibit the national labor relations board from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment under any circumstance. mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings in regard to this matter at this...
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i know that adc michigan worked on several years back with actually my father's first cousin when he was 20-years-old had possession of marijuana charged and should have voluntarily deported himself 25 years ago. but at the time when the new immigrant and didn't understand the laws or voluntarily deporting yourself was or mentor that he should have gotten on the plane and had stayed and had a family, opened businesses, paying his taxes, then just as any other american citizen, never received a ticket, never was in trouble with the law, went on to become a very good citizen and 5:00 in the morning, the door is broken down and he's taken on the next plane back overseas to a country that he hadn't lived in in over 25 years. so these are issues that we are now facing is how do we protect the people that have been outstanding citizens and have done their job to participate in the system in this nation and protect their civil liberties. we then began to face issues with the war on terror, and our concern toward dealing with media then went from how do we deal with the misconceptions and st
i know that adc michigan worked on several years back with actually my father's first cousin when he was 20-years-old had possession of marijuana charged and should have voluntarily deported himself 25 years ago. but at the time when the new immigrant and didn't understand the laws or voluntarily deporting yourself was or mentor that he should have gotten on the plane and had stayed and had a family, opened businesses, paying his taxes, then just as any other american citizen, never received a...
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but the only way you can help them is to cut jobs in michigan or louisiana or other states at a time when our country's hurting for jobs? that's not america and that's not what they asked us to do. the jobs program they want to end before they're willing to provide more daster aid is not some radical program. it was started under the bush administration. it was passed with a bipartisan majoty. and i understand their anguish, we have to cut funding. but you don't do it like this. you don't do it on the backs of the people of schoharie county whose homes have been blown away, of the people of binghamton, who are in shelters because there's no rental housing for them. you don't do it on their backs. that's not fair. you want to have a fight over a program yoused toupport and now you say the circumstances have changed, fine, we should have that. that's what we're here for. but not holding disaster aid hostage. and i want to say this, lest people think that the democratic stand is some way out-the left-wing stand, guess who supports us? the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national associ
but the only way you can help them is to cut jobs in michigan or louisiana or other states at a time when our country's hurting for jobs? that's not america and that's not what they asked us to do. the jobs program they want to end before they're willing to provide more daster aid is not some radical program. it was started under the bush administration. it was passed with a bipartisan majoty. and i understand their anguish, we have to cut funding. but you don't do it like this. you don't do it...
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michigan, a cafe, a democrat. caller: i can give you an example of taxes. i am going to be cashing out of my retirement. it is very little, from the state of michigan. 30% between the irs and the federal tax and then i am probably going to be penalized for drawing unemployment -- illegal in the state of michigan. what it will do is amount to 50% tax. the current job that i have -- there are a lot of people will come into the store and buying, and a majority of them are well- to-do. if my employer is what to do. she does not share her wealth. i do not see any poor people coming into the store purchasing anything. and i will be heading off a bank to a food pantry in an hour and a half and i don't see what the people at the food pantry, either. -- will see people at the food pantry. -- wealthy people of the food pantry. there are a lot of well-to-do people in the county and i don't see any philanthropy to the most part. we need to close the loops. in terms of other countries, at the very least they have health care for their people, which is a huge, huge finan
michigan, a cafe, a democrat. caller: i can give you an example of taxes. i am going to be cashing out of my retirement. it is very little, from the state of michigan. 30% between the irs and the federal tax and then i am probably going to be penalized for drawing unemployment -- illegal in the state of michigan. what it will do is amount to 50% tax. the current job that i have -- there are a lot of people will come into the store and buying, and a majority of them are well- to-do. if my...
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an important prarnlg the house is insisting we cut $1.5 billion, a program that's creating jobs in michigan and other parts of the country. so why are we destroying jobs when we don't have to? so, again, it must be the principle of, when things are going smoothly, when things are working, when the leadership is has actually agreed for the house republican leadership to just throw a wrench and really, really mess things up. thank goodness there are ten republican senators in this chamber that don't follow that principle. -- of throwing a wrench when things are going smoothly. they follow the principle of common sense and compassion and being forward-leaning when it comes to helping americans who need our help: senator blunt, senator rubio, senator snowe, senator collins, senator murkowski, senator brown from massachusetts, senator heller from nevada, senator hoeven from north dakota, senator toomey from pennsylvania, and senator vitter from louisiana, many of whom have experienced disasters in their state in the past and remember those terrible days or they're experiencing them now. and they
an important prarnlg the house is insisting we cut $1.5 billion, a program that's creating jobs in michigan and other parts of the country. so why are we destroying jobs when we don't have to? so, again, it must be the principle of, when things are going smoothly, when things are working, when the leadership is has actually agreed for the house republican leadership to just throw a wrench and really, really mess things up. thank goodness there are ten republican senators in this chamber that...
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the presiding officer: the senator from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: mr. president, i come to pay tribute to the life and public service of mark hatfield. mark hatfield began his lifelong career of public service in the u.s. navy during world war ii. after the war, he returned to oregon, where he served in the state house of representatives, in the state senate, as the oregon secretary of state, and eventually as governor of the state. fortunately for us, for the senate, and for the country, mark hatfield did continue his career of public service and he went on to serve five terms in the united states senate. during his time in the senate, mark hatfield repeatedly demonstrated that he possessed the courage of his convictions. we've heard that word "courage" this afternoon by the oregon senators and others as it relates to mark hatfield and there are so many examples of that courage, including an unpopular position he took relative to the vietnam war. but in 1995, he opposed the balanced budget constitutional amendment which was then under consideration by
the presiding officer: the senator from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: mr. president, i come to pay tribute to the life and public service of mark hatfield. mark hatfield began his lifelong career of public service in the u.s. navy during world war ii. after the war, he returned to oregon, where he served in the state house of representatives, in the state senate, as the oregon secretary of state, and eventually as governor of the state. fortunately for us, for the senate, and for the...
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i want you to know that we will not let michigan become a right to work for less state. [applause] we will defeat financial martial law by standing together, fighting together, and winning to gather. i am proud to stand with my brothers and sisters from detroit anytime, anyplace. god bless you and happy labor day. [applause] now i am very pleased and honored to introduce the woman who stands with working people every single day, a real warrior for working men and women who has lifted up the department of labor so that it works for working families again and again and again and again and again. please welcome our warrior and friend, the secretary of labor, hilda solis. [applause] >> thank you. all right, how is everybody? is labor in the house? [applause] happy labor day, detroit. [applause] it is great to be back in the motor city and especially with my good friend, r,ich trumpka and all of our union leaders and a former congressional colleagues also here. give them all round of applause, please. [applause] and of course, it is so exciting to be here with you in detroit.
i want you to know that we will not let michigan become a right to work for less state. [applause] we will defeat financial martial law by standing together, fighting together, and winning to gather. i am proud to stand with my brothers and sisters from detroit anytime, anyplace. god bless you and happy labor day. [applause] now i am very pleased and honored to introduce the woman who stands with working people every single day, a real warrior for working men and women who has lifted up the...
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miller of michigan, mr. smith of nebraska, mr. huizenga of michigan, mr. meeks of new york, ms. slaughter of new york, mr. welch of vermont and mr. larsen of washington. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shuster: i thank the speaker. today i rise to honor the distinguished service of my good friend, his excellency, yasher aliev who was appointed by the president as ambassador. i'm proud to serve as the co-chairman of azerbajan. located in a geopolitically location between russia and iran, it is a predominantly muslim population which has been home to vibrant christian and jewish communities. they opened caspian energy and has emerged as a key player for global energy security. on the security front, immediately after 9/11, it was among the first to offer strong support and assistance to the united states. it participated in operations in kosovo and iraq and is actively engaged in afghanistan having recently doubled
miller of michigan, mr. smith of nebraska, mr. huizenga of michigan, mr. meeks of new york, ms. slaughter of new york, mr. welch of vermont and mr. larsen of washington. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. shuster, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. shuster: i thank the speaker. today i rise to honor the distinguished service of my good friend, his excellency, yasher aliev...
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heather: michigan has been particularly hit hard. what is the jobs situation there? >> reporter: very much so. now, the president is coming to gm headquarters to -- he thinks he has a good story to tell and the auto bailout saved thousands of jobs but look at the unemployment rate in august of '09 it was 14.1%. far worse than the national average and now it is 10.9%, and, still worse than the national average of 9.1, but came down a few points and it is emblematic the case the president will try and make today and thursday, that the recovery is slowly helping people, but, again, slowly, not moving quick enough and that is why he'll have the call to action to pass more job creating initiatives. heather: a call to action with good music, aretha franklin! warming up there in the back ground! amongst other acts. definitely sounds like a lot of fun. thank you. >> reporter: no doubt about it. thanks. heather: three hours away from the president's remarks, in detroit, 1:15 eastern time he's expected to take the mic around that time. keep it here on fox news. we will bring y
heather: michigan has been particularly hit hard. what is the jobs situation there? >> reporter: very much so. now, the president is coming to gm headquarters to -- he thinks he has a good story to tell and the auto bailout saved thousands of jobs but look at the unemployment rate in august of '09 it was 14.1%. far worse than the national average and now it is 10.9%, and, still worse than the national average of 9.1, but came down a few points and it is emblematic the case the president...
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the chair recognizes the distinguished gentleman for michigan -- from michigan. >> like every other member of this committee, i am disappointed. we should get both sides of the story. i believe the witnesses today have much to tell us that is probably in their interests. their behavior is fully within the constitution. like everybody else, i have to support and protect those rights. they were widely given by a great man. having said this, i am hard put to believe there is wrongdoing on the department of energy's loan program office. i believe that fact has been documented over the course of three years and two administrations, republican and democratic. due diligence was done by the loan program office and by marketing consultants. i know how hard it is to get loans. i have had the support from constituents who had need of this kind of assistance. members of the subcommittee or a short earlier this year that the company was on track to success. there are concerns that we may have been given inaccurate information. i hope we could hear the solyndra story at some point. how many of my collea
the chair recognizes the distinguished gentleman for michigan -- from michigan. >> like every other member of this committee, i am disappointed. we should get both sides of the story. i believe the witnesses today have much to tell us that is probably in their interests. their behavior is fully within the constitution. like everybody else, i have to support and protect those rights. they were widely given by a great man. having said this, i am hard put to believe there is wrongdoing on...
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you obviously saw my michigan speech. was that embarrassing for the president? >> just last year. >> there's no indication yet that it was embarrassing. the president was not there. >> no, he's not embarrassed. >> i thought he introduced the president. >> the president was not on site yet, we're told. >> he didn't call him out. >> he called him out afterwards. >> they have not comment. >> what happened? >> we have financier and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve rattner with us. >> i like it when it sounds really sexy. >> an in washington, pat buchanan joins us. to answer your question, i know, we've got the chair woman of the tea party who demanded an immediate apology. >> what happened there? >> well, we had some very, very, very harsh words by the president of the teamsters union that i think there's even worse ones being used there. >> really? >> than sobs. >> teamsters president jim hoffa warming up the crowd before president obama's labor day speech in detroit, taking that shot we heard at the tea party that we played for you coming into the show. the c
you obviously saw my michigan speech. was that embarrassing for the president? >> just last year. >> there's no indication yet that it was embarrassing. the president was not there. >> no, he's not embarrassed. >> i thought he introduced the president. >> the president was not on site yet, we're told. >> he didn't call him out. >> he called him out afterwards. >> they have not comment. >> what happened? >> we have financier and...
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would you please, sir, please -- host: we will move on to the democratic line from detroit, michigan, eldin. caller: good morning. i'm right with you on everything. it doesn't seem like republicans and democrats are on the same page as far as putting this country back to work. republicans are fighting, just fighting everything. no, no, no. i'm interested in -- as far as the lobbyists and wall street, they have a stranglehold on the house and senate that nobody can get on the same page. everybody is hurting bad, exactly like you have said. guest: the short answer to your question about lobbyists, the answer is yes, unfortunately. c-span wentnews, down the list of all of the corporations who have made contributions the would affect the work of the supercommittee. unfortunately -- linda give you an example -- let me give you an example. are you a basketball fan? imagine five players to one. i think it was like five lobbyists -- host: giving a full-court press? guest: to walk up the steps of the capital just to be able to vote. it was like it was gone wild. we have a country, a judgment c
would you please, sir, please -- host: we will move on to the democratic line from detroit, michigan, eldin. caller: good morning. i'm right with you on everything. it doesn't seem like republicans and democrats are on the same page as far as putting this country back to work. republicans are fighting, just fighting everything. no, no, no. i'm interested in -- as far as the lobbyists and wall street, they have a stranglehold on the house and senate that nobody can get on the same page....
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for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> as a former lieutenant commander in the united states navy reserve, i rise to applaud the repeal of the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy. this backward policy has turned away over 14,000 abled bodied men and women from our military while our nation is fighting two wars, mr. peters: it wasted over $1.3 billion taxpayer dollars through investigations, legal proceedings and wasted training for fighter pilots and translators. i'm proud to feel privilege to cast my vote to make this misguided policy a relic of the past. our military can now recruit and train qualified patriotic and courageous americans who want to serve our country regardless of their sexual orientation. curing my service in the united states neafer reserve, i served with many dedicated men and women who are always ready to serve their country. i was never concerne
for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> unanimous consent to address the body for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> as a former lieutenant commander in the united states navy reserve, i rise to applaud the repeal of the discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy. this backward policy has turned away over 14,000 abled bodied men and women from our military while our nation is fighting...
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who was a professor at bucknell university, worked at the world bank, educated at the university of michigan. has written several books, a long list of books. guest: keeps me busy. host: democrat, good morning. caller: i have one question that i keep hearing over and over again from republicans, the tax as corporations pay, if we could just get it down. i would like to know from the man from heritage, the name of a company, just one, that actually pays 35% in taxes after deductions in loop holes. i want an aim of one company. if you cannot give me the name of one company, everything you say is disingenuous. host: put you on the spot here. guest: i think she actually has a good point. the statutory rate is 35% federal rate, plus 4% more in local rates. if you are -- there are different carve-outs and deductions that get stuck in it the tax code. the actual effective rate is closer to 18%. but if you are a new company starting up, you have not got all the experience and all the tax code deductions, you are paying the full rate, more or less. it acts as a disincentive to job growth. speaker boe
who was a professor at bucknell university, worked at the world bank, educated at the university of michigan. has written several books, a long list of books. guest: keeps me busy. host: democrat, good morning. caller: i have one question that i keep hearing over and over again from republicans, the tax as corporations pay, if we could just get it down. i would like to know from the man from heritage, the name of a company, just one, that actually pays 35% in taxes after deductions in loop...
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all states grew between 2000 and 2010 with the exception of michigan, which actually lost population during that time some states grew much faster than others. what matters is that you are growing at a faster rate than the other states, so i do not know exactly off the top of my head where ohio stands in terms of the overall population, but it is a state where congressional delegation has been steadily declining. every reapportionment cycle for the past several cycles -- states like ohio, pennsylvania, new york, mich. -- states that once had very large delegations in the u.s. house up and seeing been seen as the drop of their representation in the house. host: tim storey joins us. maryland on the line. caller: i want to say redistricting is a good idea, but i think you should have a commission of citizens that are on the board of elections of those areas where they live, and they should be the ones that should be selecting the redistricting, this way you have no political cronyism that will influence the process. another point, i see there is a lot of u.s. territory like texas' commo
all states grew between 2000 and 2010 with the exception of michigan, which actually lost population during that time some states grew much faster than others. what matters is that you are growing at a faster rate than the other states, so i do not know exactly off the top of my head where ohio stands in terms of the overall population, but it is a state where congressional delegation has been steadily declining. every reapportionment cycle for the past several cycles -- states like ohio,...
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university of denver and university of michigan. caller: i want the name of one company that pays after deductions and loopholes. i want a name of one company. >> i think she's got a good point. the statutory rate is 35% federal rate plus 4% more state and local rate but if you're an existing company, you've got lobbyists and carve outs and deductions stuck in the tax code so the effective rate is closer to 18%. if you're a new company starting up, you haven't had the time to lobby the code so that your ethanol tax credits or whatever it is you've had stuck in so you're paying the full freight, more or less, as new companies starting out so taxes are disincentive for job growth and this is ground for bipartisan cooperation. speaker boehner and president obama have said they want to lower the tax rate which is now the highest in the industrialized world but then eliminate a lot of the deductions and credits so there's less of a barrier to starting up companies. >> dean baker, the hill writes more about what republicans are looking fo
university of denver and university of michigan. caller: i want the name of one company that pays after deductions and loopholes. i want a name of one company. >> i think she's got a good point. the statutory rate is 35% federal rate plus 4% more state and local rate but if you're an existing company, you've got lobbyists and carve outs and deductions stuck in the tax code so the effective rate is closer to 18%. if you're a new company starting up, you haven't had the time to lobby the...
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in fact, ford actually moved a hybrid battery facility from mexico to michigan because of this loan program. now, i can think of a lot of programs that we should fight over, but are we really going to defund that a program that has helped bring jobs back to america? i don't think so. where do we go from here? to my plurn and democratic leaders, i ask them to consider how simple a choice we face. we can rebuild america or we can afford -- to pay for it. we can choose to fund fema or afford to pay for it. we can do all of this if we face the fact that we cannot continue to go into debt and spend billions in afghanistan while suggesting that in order to fund fema we must cut a program that actually helped create jobs in america. mr. president, as i've said before we must choose between rebuilding afghanistan or rebuilding america and today we can make that choice. i along with many of you choose to rebuild america. at the time when our economy is struggling and our deficits are sploat exploding i cannot believe we in washington would choose to rebuild another nation at the expense of our own.
in fact, ford actually moved a hybrid battery facility from mexico to michigan because of this loan program. now, i can think of a lot of programs that we should fight over, but are we really going to defund that a program that has helped bring jobs back to america? i don't think so. where do we go from here? to my plurn and democratic leaders, i ask them to consider how simple a choice we face. we can rebuild america or we can afford -- to pay for it. we can choose to fund fema or afford to...
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i wish to thank the snorn from michigan. the presiding officer: the senator -- the senate is in a quorum call. mr. brown: i ask to dispense with the quorum call. officer without objection. mr. brown: i ask to speak in morning business for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i was listening to the senator from california describe how american taxpayers pay for all kinds of public facilities, from utility to schools to water systems, to energy production in other countries around the world, and there is rarely -- actually, according to senator boxer, there's never objection to that from the other side of the aisle. but when the president of the united states wants to use -- wants to do that same kind of construction in the united states of america, there seem to be objections. and i was taken by that. one, because it's true; second, because it's pretty unbelievable that when the president descri s that working with the congress, calls on congress to pass legislation tpass so wecan renon clev
i wish to thank the snorn from michigan. the presiding officer: the senator -- the senate is in a quorum call. mr. brown: i ask to dispense with the quorum call. officer without objection. mr. brown: i ask to speak in morning business for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i was listening to the senator from california describe how american taxpayers pay for all kinds of public facilities, from utility to schools to water systems, to energy production in...